CMLL (MON) 02/18/2013Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Centauro de Fuego & Siki Ozama Jr. b Dinámikoo & Tigre Rojo Jr.Tiger Rojo Jr. replaced Milenium. Rudos took 2/3, Osama giving Rojo a big move in the third to set up the win. Good match.
2) Artillero & Blue Center b Asturiano & BengalaRudos took 2/3. Center’s debut on the rudo side and still seemed getting used to it. He and Bengala exchanged pins on every fall, but there was no other tease of a feud.
3) Astral b Pequeño Olímpico [lightning]Astral won via casita and challenged for a title shot. Olimpico immediately accepts.
4) Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus b Magnus, Starman, StigmaRudos took 1/3 in a good match, though the two man submission on Magnus & Stigma took a while to put figure out.
5) Blue Panther, Shocker, Stuka Jr. b Misterioso Jr., Morphosis, OlímpicoMisterioso replaced Felino. Tecnicos took 1/3. Stuka was the most effective tecnico but Shocker was the most popular.
6) La Máscara, La Sombra, Mistico DQ Kráneo, Psicosis, Volador Jr.Mistico’s first match back since he injured his shoulder in January. Volador started the match by attacking Sombra, but switched to ripping up Mistico’s mask. Tecnicos took 2/3, Psicosis fouling Mistico. Volador ripped off Mistico’s mask after the match.

R de Rudo says they interviews Vaquerita about joining CMLL, which will go up later.

The Brazos show seems to have sold out Arena Neza, or at least come close. La Mascara & Maximo won the tag team tournament over the Junior Dinamtias with a little help from Psycho Clown. El Brazo and Psycho Clown were prevented from working in matches on the shows because they otherwise used CMLL shows, but they both got in the ring at points in the show. Brazo Celestial won the cibernetico, and the team of Canek, Brazo deOro, Brazo de Plata, Solar won the Toreo de Cuatro Caminos where everyone looked very old.

Sexi Star confirmed she vacated the Reina de Reinas title on Facebook. Sexi says she’s a winner, she’s the best, she’ll get the belt back at some time, but does not say why she’s actually doing this. She does imply she might reveal this down the road.

It turns out the new Black Spirit is – the old Black Spirit! Hijo de LA Park has decided to stop using his father’s name and just try to succeed on his own merits. (At least in Monterrey, he’s still being announced as “Hijo de LA Park” as a nickname.) Black Spirit, who used that name from 2008 to 2010, is also a new dad.

Speaking of vacant titles, this week’s Arena Coliseo Reynosa show lists an Extreme Tiger vs Rey Astral match for “the vacant (Mexican) National Cruiserweight Championship.” The most recent record for that title was Karis La Momia – the future La Parka AAA – winning the title from Blue Demon Jr. in 1996. AAA has occasionally credited La Parka with the championship but never did anything with it, even back when they were still using the national titles. A match for a vacant title would make sense, and indy Extreme Tiger defending the title around Mexico is not the worst idea, but I don’t know that there’s anything to this. I’d expect someone will be using a random title belt and pretending it’s a national title.

Like this:

You had a Rey Astral vs Kuman Jr match at the 02/17 Arena Coliseo Reynosa show as “#1 Contenders, FILL CRUISER”. It sounds more likely that Rey Astral has won that and the match against Extreme Tigre is for that FILL championship.

@Ringo: I forgot about that. Last week’s poster could be right and this poster’s could be wrong and it’s the FILL title, or this week’s poster could be right and last week’s poster could be wrong and it’s the MEX NAT one.